Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
August 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 1, Chicago Cubs 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Griffey rf 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 1 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 3 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Lum cf 2 0 0 0
  Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0
LaCoss p 3 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Scott 3b 4 0 2 0
Gross cf 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Murcer rf 3 0 1 0
Biittner lf 4 1 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 1 2 0
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Blackwell c 2 0 0 0
  Rader ph,c 2 0 1 2
Burris p 2 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Cincinnati 000 000 100131
Chicago 000 000 002291
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (3-3) 8.2 8 2 2 1 1
  Bair   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
9
2
2
2
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris   8.0 2 1 1 3 5
  Moore   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez  W (7-2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
6

  E–Concepcion (21), Scott (8).  DP–Cincinnati 2, Chicago 1.  PB–Bench (9).  2B–Cincinnati Bench (12,off Burris); Foster (24,off Moore), Chicago Rader (12,off Bair).  HBP–Foster (7,by Burris).  IBB–Lum (4,by Burris); Bench (8,by Moore).  SB–Murcer (12,2nd base off LaCoss/Bench); Scott (17,2nd base off LaCoss/Bench).  CS–Scott (6,2nd base by LaCoss/Bench).  BK–Burris (3).  HBP–Burris (6,Foster).  IBB–Burris (8,Lum); Moore (11,Bench).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:22.  A–39,242.
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